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New Record of Two Echinoids (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) in Korea (한국산 성게류 (극피동물문, 해담강)의 2미기록종)

  • Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.219-226
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    • 2000
  • Some echinoids were collected at about 20m depth of the sea in Moseulpo of Jejudo Island. Among them two species, Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) and Toxopneu-stes pileolus(Lamarck, 18716), turned out to be new to the Korean fauna. They were redescribed on the morphological characteristics with illustrations. The order Diadematoida is new to Korea. Fourteen echinoids species so far have been report-ed from the sea around Jejudo Island in Korea.

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New Record of a Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from Jeju Island, Korea and Its Molecular Analysis

  • Lee, Taek-Jun;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.178-184
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    • 2012
  • Echinoids were collected at depths of 5-10 m in Munseom, Jeju Island by SCUBA diving on November 23, 2008 and September 15, 2009. Two specimens were identified as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) based on morphological characteristics and molecular analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I partial sequences. Echinometra mathaei collected from Korea was redescribed with photographs and was compared with other species from GenBank based on molecular data. Phylogenetic analyses showed that no significant differences were between base sequences of E. mathaei from Korea and that from GenBank. To date, 13 echinoids including this species have been reported from Jeju Island, and 32 echinoids have been recorded in Korea.

Echinoderm Fauna of Kosrae, The Federation States of Micronesia

  • Lee, Taekjun;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2013
  • Micronesia is an island nation located north of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. A survey was executed on Kosrae, which is one of the four main islands of Micronesia, during January 23-30, 2011 and January 8-15, 2012. The echinoderms were collected at eight intertidal areas and at 12 SCUBA diving points at depths of 10-50 m in the subtidal zone. They were identified based on morphological characteristics. In total, 50 species from 276 individuals were identified: three crinoids, 11 asteroids, seven ophiuroids, 10 echinoids, and 19 holothuroids. Among them, two crinoids, five asteroids, three ophiuroids, four echinoids and two holothuroids were newly recorded from Kosrae.

A newly recorded tropical sea urchin, Lovenia elongata(Echinoidea: Spatangoida: Loveniidae), from Ulleungdo Island, Korea

  • Taekjun Lee;Jinho Lee
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2023
  • Lovenia elongata is a member of the family Loveniidae and is one of the most common tropical echinoids. This species has a broad distribution range in the sub- and tropical regions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, extending from the Mozambique to the Hawaiian Islands, and from southern Japan to northern Australia. It is commonly found in subtidal areas and on coral reefs within these regions. This species was for the first time recorded from the Ulleungdo Island, Korea. This species is characterized by a teardrop-shaped test that reaches up to 5 cm in length, with a deep groove at the front and tapered at the back end. The petaloid is not obvious, and the primary spines are long and banded. This study is the first to report the newly recorded L. elongata in Korea.

Echinodermata from Chindo Island, Korea

  • Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 1995
  • Twenty-two species of Echinodermata collected from 11 localities in Chindo Island, Korea in September, 1990 and July, 1994 are recorded. One asteroids, Luidia quinaria, five ophiudoids such as Astrocladus coniferus coniferus, A.c.dofleini, Ophicatis affinis, Stegophiura sladeni, Amphipholis sp., four echinoids such as Temnopleurus toreumaticus, T. hardwicki, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, anthoicidaris crassispina and two holothuroids such as Protankyra bidentata, Stichopus japonicus are unrecorded species by this time in Chindo Is. One asteroid species, Asterina minor is newly recorded in Korea water and its taxonomic characteristics are redescribed.

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A New Record of Sea Urchin (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Strongylocentrotidae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Analysis in Korea

  • Lee, Taek-Jun;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2011
  • Some echinoids were collected from the coast of Gangwon-do during the period from November 2008 to July 2011 and were identified on the basis of morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of cytochrome oxidase subunit I mitochondrial DNA. Among them, Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars, 1871) belonging to the family Strongylocentrotidae of the order Camarodonta is reported for the first time in Korea and is redescribed. The genetic differences ranged from 0.038 to 0.139 between S. pallidus and four other species of genus Strongylocentrotus, but ranged from 0.002 to 0.005 between Korean specimens and GenBank data of S. pallidus. This species is widely distributed in cold sea water along the western part of the North Pacific and the Northwest Atlantic.

A New Record of Sea Urchin (Echinoidea: Echinoida) from Jejudo Island, Korea

  • Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.323-326
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    • 2008
  • Some sea urchins were collected from the subtidal rocky bottom of Munseom near Seogwipo, Jejudo Island by SCUBA diving from April to May, 2008 and identified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Among them, Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758) of Family Toxopneustidae was newly recorded from Korea and redescribed on the specimen collected at a depth of 25 m between Munseom and Sekkiseom. The detailed morphological description was presented with the photographs. This species was characterized by the very naked median areas of ambulacral and interambulacral portions and this genus was the first record in Korea. Eighteen echinoids are so far recorded in Jejudo Island, Korea.